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built-in border style as a frame — and the one you built in a graphics applica-
tion is almost guaranteed to be more sophisticated and interesting than any-
thing you can do with CSS. See the example in Figure 6-6.

Using inset border colors .................................................................


If you want to create subtle, attractive borders entirely within the capabilities
of IE, you can use the insetcommand with colors for the various borders
around a graphic. This creates a beveled look that’s certainly a step up from
the flat, plain border shown in Figure 6-5. Take a look at Figures 6-7 and 6-8:

Figure 6-6:
This
vignette
border was
created
automati-
cally in
Micrografx’s
Picture
Publisher.


Figure 6-5:
Borders can
be colored
with an
image’s
color
property.

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